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Libyan border guards rescued dozens of weary migrants from a desert area on the border with Tunisia. According to the border guard, the Tunisian authorities had left the migrants there without food, drink or shelter.
Migrants sat or lay on the sand and sheltered under bushes in temperatures above 40 degrees.
Tunisian aid organizations reported on Friday that there were between 100 and 150 migrants in the desert area on the border between Libya and Tunisia. They said no help was available.
In previous days, the Tunisian branch of the Red Crescent aid organization had hosted more than six hundred migrants. These refugees were abandoned by the Tunisian authorities near the Libyan town of Ras Jedir in early July.
News of the bailout comes at a delicate time as the European Union and Tunisia struck a migration deal on Sunday.
In exchange for hundreds of millions of euros, Tunisia will take action to stop the illegal crossing of migrants across the Mediterranean. Tunisia is an important transit country for migrants.
“Incredible that the human rights of refugees are respected”
Refugee organizations were critical immediately after the deal. “It is completely unbelievable that the human rights of refugees and migrants are respected in Tunisia, no matter how much money is involved,” the Refugee Council said.
Director Tineke Ceelen of the Refugee Foundation has previously made reference on Twitter to Tunisia’s practice of leaving people in the desert without water.
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